Cap



J. CARLSON Aug. 13, 1929.

CAP

Filed D80 l INVENTOR Julius Carlson BY y# 7 ATTORNEY Patented lifting.lll, i929.

UNITE@ `S'lA'l'lilS PATENT QFFICE.

JULIUS Cllilflflil, Ol? NEW' YORK.

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Application filed )December 253, 1926. Serial No. 156,386.

This inif'ention relates to hezulwear, and is particularly applicable tocaps.

Caps wherein sweat-band is proidded to encircle the entire head are newproviup1 to be popular, and are trennently provided in caps oiE goedquality. Such a sweat-band has not previously been applied to anadjustable cap without the use ol' elastic or similar means for takingup the slack in the sweatband or lfor tensioning' the band to properlyposition the sweatband when adjustment ot the size ol the cap made.

My invention contemplates the provision ol a simple lull sweatbandadapted :tor use in adjustable caps, without the necessity lor the usetherewith of other means such as elastic and which comfortably lits thehead of the wearer without pleats or wrinkles.

The various objects of my invention will be clear Yfrom the descriptionwhich lollows and from the drawings, in which,

Fig. l is a bottom plan view olf a cap, showing my improved adjustablesweatband.

Fig. 2 is a side view of a part ot' the outside of an adjustable cap,part of the lower portion of the cap being shown removed to expose thesweatband.

Fig. 3 is a side View ol a part ol the inside of an adjustable cap,showiiu;` particularly my improved sweatband. l

It is desirable in adjustable caps, to have a sweatband ezdiendingentirely about the lower edge of the head opening. In that practicalembodiment of my invention illustrated l provide such a sweatband byforming said band in two unconnected sections. The :trent section 25 issecured to the vizor 17 in the usual manner, while the rear seetion 2Gis also secured to the lower edge oll the crown in the usual manner,each ot said sections extending substantially hall:l way around the edgeet the head opening in the cap, and meetingl at the sides olf' the cap.

Near the points where the sweetband sec tions meet, the crown is slit asat 27 i'or a distance su'liicient to allow the lowermost edge ol' thecap to be shortened and lengthened to accommodate heads ditlering insize. @n the front side 33 of the slit 2'?, the lowermost edge et thecrown is provided with a tongue or extention 28 j )reiferably oi' thesame material. as the cloth oi the cap. To the inside ol.2 said tongueis secured the prolonged end 29 oil the liront sweatbanc seetion 25 asby means oi: suitable stitchingT 39., whereby the tongue is sullieientlystil'lfened to ell'ect its purpose of preventing-g' collapse oi? the capat the slits, without theV necessity lor the use ol'I additionalstillening material. The end 225i projects rearwardly past the rear endolf the vizor and is unsecured thereto.

Art each oi the forward ends 30 ot' the rear sweatband section `2G, aslot as 3l is made, into which the joined tongues 28 and 29 are insertedfor free movement therein. rl"he height o'll the slot 3l being` slightlygreater than that ot the said tongues, little or no resistance isolii'ered to the adjustin,e` movement when the band sections 25 and 26are moved together or l'urther apart. The tongues 28 and 29 pass throughthe slot 3l and are hidden by and behind the sweatband section 2G, butas hereinbetore pointed out, are free to move uneonstrainedly in saidslot when the adjustment ofthe cap is ellected. lll/Then the size of thecap is increased, the tongues are pulled further out oi' the slots bythe action of the head of the wearer at the time the cap is put on. Thesame eliect may be obtained merely by givingthe cap a quick snap or jerkwithout necessarily touching the sweatband at all. `When the size oi'the cap is decreased, the eonstricting pressure on the sweatband causedby the adjusting straps iorces the tongues further into the slots 31,without the aid oit any other means.

It will be seen that I have provided an eliicient ltull sweatbandparticularly adapted for use in adjustable capsa Various modilicationsare contemplated, and may be made, ot the preferred speeilie embodimentoi my invention shown and described, since that embodin'icnt is intendedto be illustrative only. l do not therefore intend to limit inyseltsolely to the construction so illustrated, but intend that modilicationsincluding` the equivalents falling` within the range of the appendedclaims be included herein.

I claim:

l. ln an adjustable cap, having side slits therein, a rear sweatbandsection ot a single thickness of material secured in place andterminatinp,` at the sides of said cap and having slots therein near theends thereol, a liront sweatband section oft a single thickness olfmaterial secured to the iront part el said and seamed to the tongue ofsaid front section and having its rear end similarly' free, whereby saidtongues are unconstrainedly movable circumferentially in said slot.

2. In an adjustable cap having side slits therein; a two-piece sweatbandeach of a single thickness of material and completely separable into twolpieces and having ends 1n freely movable interengagement at said sideslits, andprojecting tongues on the front part of said cap at said slitssealned to the ends of one piece of said sweatband whereby thelower edgeof the front of said cap is movable with the front piece of thesweatband relatively to the rear part of the cap.

3. In an adjustable cap, a finished front sweat-band section of a singlethickness of material secured at the front part of the edge of the headopening of said cap, a lin* ished rear sweatband section of a singlethickness of material secured at the rear part oil said edge and havinga slot therein, means for adjusting the head size of said cap and forrestraining said rear section hereby tension is put upon said rearsection when the cap is worn, and a rearwardly projecting tongue on saidcap and a similar tongue on the end of said front section said tonguesbeing secured together and inserted into the slot of' said rear sectionand pas-sin g between said rear section and the material ot said cap,whereby said tongues are at all times free to move circiunferentially insaid slot on the tensioning or compressing et said sweatband.

JULIUS CARLSON.

